From The General's Hand

I've been quiet for a while, but the amazing discoveries continue. With help from the kind folks at The Washington papers, I managed to get a copy of a map of Mount Vernon that was produced by George Washington himself. The map contains an encoded treasure map that even has an "X marks the spot".

It is an amazing piece of work. Drawn in 1793, the map is the most accurate map of its time. In fact, an aerial image from Google maps can be overlaid on Washington's map and the accuracy is scary. I am still shocked at how someone that could not fly could produce a map of this extraordinary level of detail.